American Guestworkers : : Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. Labor Market / / David Griffith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Griffith, David,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Rural Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 4 maps

The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects of the H-2 program on both the areas where the laborers work and the areas they are from, and, taking a uniquely humanitarian stance, he considers the effects of the program on the laborers themselves.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Out of Florida -- Introduction: In the State with the Prettiest Name -- 1 Alleged Shortages at Home, Certain Surpluses Abroad: North American Temporary Worker Programs -- 2 Occupations Abandoned,Workers Displaced: Seasonal Labor Before and After H-2 -- Part II: Jamaican Experiences, 1981-2001 -- 3 From Beauty to Truth -- 4 Aspects of the Machete -- 5 Guests as Hosts: Jamaicans in the Tourist Industry -- Part III: Mexican Experiences, 1988-2003 -- 6 When Owls Die, Ellos Nos Hierieron -- 7 Bodies on Hold: Gender and H-2 -- Conclusion: Lasting Firsts -- References -- Index